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Sunday, February 17, 2013

And the Fish Talks!

You might want a little backstory on this one, lol. We live and grew up in Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes. Actually it is more like 25,000, but who's counting? Our families hail from the Little Falls, MN area. Little Falls was home to not one, but two boat manufacturing facilities: Crestliner and Larson Boats. My Dad spent about a decade there, designing boats at Crestliner for part of that time. my hubby's stepdad has been doing customer service for Crestliner for a long time. My hubby, his stepdad, and all of his brothers have appeared in more than one Crestliner catalog. Hubby's grandmother worked at Larsons sewing the boat cushions before it closed. So, fishing is pretty much a given recreational activity for us. Lots of family bonding has happened around fishing.

Well, my hubby's brother gave him a gag gift for Christmas a few yeas ago. You guessed it. The talking/singing fish! Said brother has a birthday coming up. I am seriously thinking about giving him his fish back, along with this card.

And this lovely sketch from Retro Sketches was just the ticket for me to whip out this card in about 20 minutes from inception to finished creation. That is some kind of record for me. It is not unusual for me to take 2 hours to design and create a single card!

I love it!! I can't wait to sent it to him, I know it will make him smile.

11 comments:

I am glad the sketch helped you throw together this fun card. I tend to be in the two hour time frame also!! I love the story behind this - isn't it great that making our own cards lets us personalize them perfectly! Thanks for joining us at retrosketches!

Fabulous card! I just love the plaque the fish is sitting on - great interpretation of the sketch (and the gag gift! haha). Love the texture and those 3 buttons. Thanks for sharing with us at The Friday Mashup!

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Tanya Boser

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I am a Stampin' Up! demonstrator in Bemidji, MN in the US, and an ED nurse in a local hospital. I have been married to the love of my life for over 25 years, have 4 grown children, and 1 handsome little grandson who you may see on this blog now and again :)Stamping is my relaxation, and I would love to share it with YOU!

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